Jansen, Minhas and Hope nominated for ICC award

Marco Jansen, Arafat Minhas and Shai Hope have been named among the nominees for the ICC Men's Player of the Month award for October 2026. Jansen took 13 wickets at an average of 19.76 and scored 85 runs in the second Test against Australia at Gqeberha, then added a half-century and three wickets in the third Test at Cape Town. Minhas collected nine wickets at 23.22 in five ODIs and scored 59 against England while taking 6 for 40 in the same match; he also made 61 off 31 balls in the tri-series final against Sri Lanka and was named Player of the Series.

Hope scored two centuries in the five-match T20I series against India and finished with 261 runs at a strike rate of 190.51. Mitchell Starc returned to the top of the ICC Test bowling rankings after taking nine wickets in the third Test against South Africa at Cape Town.

The ICC will announce the winner later this month.